Re: [HACKERS] Hot Backup Ability - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Todd Graham Lewis
Subject Re: [HACKERS] Hot Backup Ability
Date
Msg-id Pine.LNX.4.04.9906292209290.7543-100000@reflections.eng.mindspring.net
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In response to Re: [HACKERS] Hot Backup Ability  (Duane Currie <dcurrie@sandman.acadiau.ca>)
Responses Re: [HACKERS] Hot Backup Ability
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On Tue, 29 Jun 1999, Duane Currie wrote:

> Anyway, version 6.5 apparently supports hot backups by using MVCC
> to give a view of a consistent version of the database during a
> pg_dump (http://postgresql.nextpath.com/doxlist.html  search for 'backup')

The string "backup" does not appear on that page, or on the "Documentation"
page linked off of there.  The section on backups in the integrated manual
doesn't say anything about MVCC.

Did any MVCC docs ever get written?

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